CITY OF SAN MATEO
RESOLUTION NO. ____ 2025
ADOPTING INCREASES TO COMMUNITY FLOOD AND STORM PROTECTION FEE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 WHEREAS, the City Council reviews the fees for the City of San Mateo’s (City) Community Flood and Storm Protection Fee (hereafter “Stormwater Fee”); and
WHEREAS, the City operates and maintains a stormwater system that provides vital services to protect neighborhoods from flooding and safeguard local waterways from pollution; and WHEREAS, the City’s stormwater system requires long-overdue upgrades, and, prior to 2024, the system lacked a dedicated funding source; and
WHEREAS, on January 16, 2024, the City Council certified the results of the vote and ordered the levying of the Community Flood and Storm Protection Fee (Stormwater Fee) for Fiscal Year 2024–25; and WHEREAS, for Fiscal Year 2025–26, the Stormwater Fee is subject to an annual adjustment based on the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the San Francisco Bay Area, as of each December, with a maximum allowable increase of 3%; and
WHEREAS, for Fiscal Year 2025–26, the CPI increase from December was 2.4%.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MATEO, CALIFORNIA, HEREBY RESOLVES that:
1. Adoption of the Stormwater Fee rate for Fiscal Year 2025-26 is not a project subject to CEQA, because it consists of a government funding mechanism or other government fiscal activity which does not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment. (CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4).)
2. The City Council hereby approves and adopts the Stormwater Fee Rate for Fiscal Year 2025-26, inclusive of the CPI increase of 2.4%, as follows:
Land Use Category Monthly Fee
Residential Cost (per parcel)
FY
24/25 FY 25/26
Small Under 0.11 acre 5.55 5.68
Medium 0.11 to 0.17 acre 8.00 8.19
Large 0.18 to 0.23 acre 9.92 10.16
Extra Large Over 0.23 acre 11.08 11.35
Condominium 1 Level acre 5.35 5.48
Condominium 2+ Levels acre 2.71 2.78
1 1
9 0
8 Non-Residental (per acre)
FY
24/25 FY 25/26
Commercial / Industrial 100.50 102.91
Office / Apartment / Institutional 81.82 83.78
Institutional w/Field 71.24 72.95
Park 5.53 5.66
Vacant (developed) 5.53 5.66
Open Space / Agricultural not charged